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Post by sunshine on May 15, 2019 17:13:46 GMT
The Fox News schtick is as old and worn out as the Kool-Aid schtick.
If you hadn’t expressed ignorance of generally-known facts, I wouldn’t have had to resort to employing the old, worn-out Fox News schtick. LOL.
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Post by casii on May 15, 2019 17:59:32 GMT
If you hadn’t expressed ignorance of generally-known facts, I wouldn’t have had to resort to employing the old, worn-out Fox News schtick. LOL. Sunshine, I really do hope you read the information regarding the Trump Jrs lies in his testimony rather than dismissing it with a LOL. And that's not me being snarky or ganging up on you.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2019 19:44:02 GMT
Paul Waldman at the Washington Post has a point about electing a business person as president and expect they can solve all the problems. Really two different worlds.
“Trump’s businesses are faltering. That’s good news.
“No president in American history has worked as hard to monetize the presidency for his own personal benefit as Donald Trump. But while he’s been doing that, his businesses have been suffering.
David Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell have the latest story of a Trump enterprise falling on hard times:
Late last year, in a Miami conference room, a consultant for President Trump’s company said business at his prized 643-room Doral resort was in sharp decline.
At Doral, which Trump has listed in federal disclosures as his biggest moneymaker hotel, room rates, banquets, golf and overall revenue were all down since 2015. In two years, the resort’s net operating income — a key figure, representing the amount left over after expenses are paid — had fallen by 69 percent.
Even in a vigorous economy, the property was missing the Trump Organization’s internal business targets; for instance, the club expected to take in $85 million in revenue in 2017 but took in just $75 million.
“They are severely underperforming” other resorts in the area, tax consultant Jessica Vachiratevanurak told a Miami-Dade County official in a bid to lower the property’s tax bill. The reason, she said: “There is some negative connotation that is associated with the brand.”
No kidding. And that’s hardly the only recent story suggesting that Trump’s image as a master businessman might not have been completely accurate:
*The New York Times reported that over the course of a decade in the 1980s and 1990s, Trump lost over a billion dollars. “In fact, year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer.”
* Bloomberg News reported this week that the centerpiece of Trump’s empire, Trump Tower, is in a tailspin. Despite the absurdly tight New York real estate market, condo owners in the building are selling their apartments for less than they bought them for, and “The commercial portion of the building has been struggling for months to find tenants for more than 42,000 square feet of vacant office space, despite advertising rents well below the area’s average.” As one former condo owner said, “No one wants in that building.”
* Trump’s luxury hotels in New York and Chicago experienced a significant drop in business after he became a presidential candidate.
* The Trump Organization had planned to build two chains of more modestly priced hotels to be located in red states where Trump is popular; earlier this year the plans were shelved.
And he didn’t even get his Trump Tower in Moscow.
I should note that the Trump Organization disputes this latest report, not by contesting the facts but with characteristically ridiculous hyperbole. “Our iconic properties are the best in the world and our portfolio is unrivaled by anyone,” said Eric Trump.
In fact, the Trump Organization is a minor player at best in the resort/hotel business. They have a couple dozen properties, while leading companies such as InterContinental and Marriott number theirs in the thousands.
In any case, the public may be slowly coming to the realization that Trump is not a master businessman any more than he’s a master negotiator, though a recent poll did find that by a 54-to-36-percent margin Americans still agree that he was “successful” in business.
This all might be fun for liberals to crow about, as is the possibility that even after he leaves office his brand will continue to suffer. But how much does it matter?
On one hand, one might argue that it leaves intact one of the most pernicious myths in politics and one of my oldest pet peeves, that all we need to fix our problems is to elect candidates who are not politicians but business leaders, so they can use their can-do attitudes, common sense and business savvy to do all the things politicians can’t. To believe it you have to think that politics requires no specialized knowledge and that political problems are actually easy to solve, which is utterly false.
But if Trump is not actually a good businessman but in fact a terrible businessman, it could be that the problem with his rolling dumpster fire of a presidency isn’t the businessmen-can-solve-our-problems theory itself, but the fact that he is uniquely incompetent, corrupt and ill-suited for any position of leadership.
Which he is, of course. But that doesn’t mean the theory isn’t still wrong. Some other businessman-politician might not screw things up quite as royally as Trump has, but that doesn’t mean that persuading significant numbers of people to buy widgets makes you capable of passing health-care reform or shaping a global order that advances U.S. interests in the world.
At the very least, one would hope that the Trump disaster will hang over any aspiring politician who comes along and says, “What we need in Washington isn’t more politicians, it’s more businesspeople like me.” If that nonsense is greeted with, “Oh yeah? What about Trump? He said we should elect him because he was rich and successful, and look what happened,” then there may be some good that comes out of this dark time.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 15, 2019 20:13:16 GMT
Speechless.............
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2019 21:12:38 GMT
Rachel Maddow....
“So now, according to Trump/Barr: 1- the President can’t be charged, 2- the President can end any DOJ investigation into himself (and fire the investigator) if he contends he’s falsely accused, and 3- Congress can’t investigate the President for corruption or other crimes. Sweet!”
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Post by thundergal on May 15, 2019 21:43:52 GMT
The Fox News schtick is as old and worn out as the Kool-Aid schtick.
If you hadn’t expressed ignorance of generally-known facts, I wouldn’t have had to resort to employing the old, worn-out Fox News schtick.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 2:32:35 GMT
Maddow Blog...
”If you were so lucky as to get elected president, you could not only, by definition, not commit any crimes, you could not be charged, you could not be investigated. You'd be the freest criminal on Earth. (...if you had Attorney General William Barr working for you.)”
It would appear that is what he is thinking..
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 14:48:35 GMT
Aaron Blake...
“Trump just pardoned 2 allies -- 1 who wrote a hagiography of him and 1 'friend' of Kushner's who criticized the Mueller probe as an investigation in search of a crime.
8 of Trump's 10 pardons have carried some apparent political benefit for him.”
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 17:51:33 GMT
trump 11/29/2011..
“In order to get elected, @barackobama will start a war with Iran.”
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 20:44:56 GMT
Politico...
”Trump announced some of the upcoming requirements — under his new "universal criteria" — for people hoping to be U.S. citizens.
• Immigrants must be financially self-sufficient • Immigrants must learn English • Immigrants must pass a civics exam before admission”
Pass a civics exam before admission hmm. It seems to me presidential candidates should also pass a civics exam. I guarantee you if trump would of had to have pass a civics exam he would not be president today.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 16, 2019 20:58:52 GMT
EPA covers for Pruitt yet again!! ** Lawmakers are blasting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for refusing to hold former agency head Scott Pruitt accountable for $124,000 in extravagant travel expenses.Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday criticized EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler for deciding against asking his predecessor to pay back thousands in what they said were excessive and unjustified travel costs during his time heading the agency. “Mr. Pruitt’s lavish tastes, and his use of taxpayer money to finance them, have become a punchline. But this isn’t a joke, and the Trump administration should take it seriously and take responsibility,” U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who had called for an Office of Inspector General's (OIG) investigation into Pruitt’s questionable flying habits, wrote in a statement. The EPA’s OIG released a report Thursday that said Pruitt and his staff had overspent nearly $124,000 on “excessive” first class travel over the course of ten months in 2017. The government watchdog recommended the EPA request Pruitt pay back his share of costs. “Yet Administrator Wheeler’s EPA rushed to defend Mr. Pruitt’s indefensible conduct following the release of this report – and the report itself indicates Administrator Wheeler’s team retroactively approved Mr. Pruitt’s travel, a de facto pardon of this unacceptable abuse of taxpayer money," Udall said. ** thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/444129-lawmakers-take-epa-head-to-task-for-refusing-to-demand-pruitt-repay
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Post by hop2 on May 16, 2019 21:01:39 GMT
Politico... ”Trump announced some of the upcoming requirements — under his new "universal criteria" — for people hoping to be U.S. citizens. • Immigrants must be financially self-sufficient • Immigrants must learn English • Immigrants must pass a civics exam before admission” Pass a civics exam before admission hmm. It seems to me presidential candidates should also pass a civics exam. I guarantee you if trump would of had to have pass a civics exam he would not be president today. Well, the self sufficient thing happens in other countries. My DD has to prove she was self sufficient for the length of her visa to Japan in order to go there. This is also something she had to do to go to Italy last year. So this is not something that is unheard of around the world. AND yes, presidential candidates should have to pass a civics exam AND prove they are financially self sufficient 👍🏻 And not loosing billions in debt to foreign entities.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 16, 2019 21:08:16 GMT
Politico... ”Trump announced some of the upcoming requirements — under his new "universal criteria" — for people hoping to be U.S. citizens. • Immigrants must be financially self-sufficient • Immigrants must learn English • Immigrants must pass a civics exam before admission” Pass a civics exam before admission hmm. It seems to me presidential candidates should also pass a civics exam. I guarantee you if trump would of had to have pass a civics exam he would not be president today. Not only self-sufficient, must have a job waiting! There are jobs for the high skilled immigrants! Tell me why doctors, lawyers and many others are driving NYC taxis and elsewhere too! The United States has NO official language! Most native born ordinary citizens very well might not be able pass the current Citizenship test. Those who have been naturalized had to pass the test. Think D A C A , they meet all the requirements and they are already here working or in school! We KNOW dt cannot pass the test, certainly not about the Constitution that he took an oath to defend against all!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 16, 2019 21:12:32 GMT
Well, the self sufficient thing happens in other countries. My DD has to prove she was self sufficient for the length of her visa to Japan in order to go there. This is also something she had to do to go to Italy last year. So this is not something that is unheard of around the world. Yes, I agree with that for visa visitors. I have another question: If those coming across the border from the south have to pay FEES, is this true of ALL who come here through other posts of entry?
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Post by dewryce on May 16, 2019 22:23:54 GMT
Politico... ”Trump announced some of the upcoming requirements — under his new "universal criteria" — for people hoping to be U.S. citizens. • Immigrants must be financially self-sufficient • Immigrants must learn English • Immigrants must pass a civics exam before admission” Pass a civics exam before admission hmm. It seems to me presidential candidates should also pass a civics exam. I guarantee you if trump would of had to have pass a civics exam he would not be president today. Well, the self sufficient thing happens in other countries. My DD has to prove she was self sufficient for the length of her visa to Japan in order to go there. This is also something she had to do to go to Italy last year. So this is not something that is unheard of around the world. AND yes, presidential candidates should have to pass a civics exam AND prove they are financially self sufficient 👍🏻 And not loosing billions in debt to foreign entities. Do these rules apply for people seeking asylum as well? I understand the need and desire with visas. But are we expecting people who come to us with little more than the clothes on their back, in order to escape a dangerous situation, to be able to meet this criteria? I need to go find an article.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 16, 2019 23:49:24 GMT
Took TWO years for THIS investigation.... Why is the WH so upset, Mueller took less than 2 years?!?!?! The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled Thursday that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson violated the law with unauthorized purchases of dining ware and a dishwasher for the secretary's office.In a letter to Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), GAO general counsel Thomas Armstrong wrote that Carson violated official policy by purchasing items that in some cases would only be used by Carson and not by other members of HUD."HUD did violate section 710 when it obligated $31,561.00 for the purchase of a dining set for the HUD Secretary’s dining room and $8,812.84 for the purchase and installation of a new dishwasher and associated water treatment system in the kitchen connected to the dining room without providing advance notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate," Armstrong wrote in his letter. "Further, because HUD obligated appropriated funds in a manner specifically prohibited by law with regard to the dining set, as well as the dishwasher and associated water treatment system, we conclude that HUD violated the Antideficiency Act," he continued. ** "This may seem like a small amount of money, but it is yet another example of the Trump Administration trying to cast aside the law if it doesn’t suit them. Secretary Carson and his staff violated the Antideficiency Act and showed a willful disregard for the appropriate use of taxpayers dollars. Unfortunately, Secretary Carson is not the only Trump cabinet official who has been caught mismanaging and misusing taxpayer funds," Reed said. "It is wrong for someone in his position to purchase a fancy $31,000 dining set for his office while trying to slash funds for Americans struggling to find affordable housing. I am also disturbed by the pattern of false statements and attempts to conceal this incident, mislead the public, and prevent Congress and the American people from seeing how taxpayer dollars are being mismanaged," the senator added. ** thehill.com/homenews/administration/444181-huds-ben-carson-broke-law-with-unauthorized-purchases-gao-says
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 23:59:15 GMT
So Chris Mathews Of Hardball is having a Town Hall meeting in Pennsylvania and I’m glad I’m not there. It would not go well.
If you find this episode of Hardball watch it. For me it explains a lot.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 17, 2019 0:11:29 GMT
Watched it!
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Post by dewryce on May 17, 2019 0:26:53 GMT
www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/flynn-told-mueller-people-tied-trump-congress-tried-obstruct-probe-n1006666The voicemail is from one of Trump’s personal lawyers and a quote is included in the above link. I’m including a photo of the actual paperwork, they use “Trump Administration or Congress” instead of “and.” I think it is a matter of how you read it but wanted to be clear. A DC judge had ordered that voicemail and others Flynn might have be turned over by May 31st to be made public, including those with Russian officials. This is where the voicemail was referenced in Mueller’s Report. (Reached space limit...next post)
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Post by dewryce on May 17, 2019 0:46:27 GMT
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Post by lizacreates on May 17, 2019 1:38:06 GMT
www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/flynn-told-mueller-people-tied-trump-congress-tried-obstruct-probe-n1006666The voicemail is from one of Trump’s personal lawyers and a quote is included in the above link. I’m including a photo of the actual paperwork, they use “Trump Administration or Congress” instead of “and.” I think it is a matter of how you read it but wanted to be clear. A DC judge had ordered that voicemail and others Flynn might have be turned over by May 31st to be made public, including those with Russian officials. This is where the voicemail was referenced in Mueller’s Report. (Reached space limit...next post) This is how I interpret it. Multiple instances of getting Flynn to shut up. The Trump lawyer was telling Flynn he needs to keep in mind Trump’s support is predicated on Flynn not singing. No obstruction, huh? (Part of that document also reveals the campaign was trying to figure out how to connect with WikiLeaks.)
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Post by hop2 on May 17, 2019 1:52:02 GMT
Well, the self sufficient thing happens in other countries. My DD has to prove she was self sufficient for the length of her visa to Japan in order to go there. This is also something she had to do to go to Italy last year. So this is not something that is unheard of around the world. AND yes, presidential candidates should have to pass a civics exam AND prove they are financially self sufficient 👍🏻 And not loosing billions in debt to foreign entities. Do these rules apply for people seeking asylum as well? I understand the need and desire with visas. But are we expecting people who come to us with little more than the clothes on their back, in order to escape a dangerous situation, to be able to meet this criteria? I need to go find an article. Well, in terms of our country, I would hope not, asylum is an emergency- an immediate need. But our current leader said we are no longer accepting asylum seekers. So that would be a moot point as long as he is there. As far as other countries & thier immigration laws I do not know if they waive the rules for assulum seekers. I’m sure some/many do, others probably not.
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Post by dewryce on May 17, 2019 1:52:27 GMT
lizacreates said That’s how I interpret it as well. As to the Wikileaks info, since Mueller has already seen this I don’t think it was enough to prove conspiracy in a court of law. I base that on reading the report. Not that they didn’t have nefarious intentions, or that they didn’t act completely unethically and irresponsibly, just that the evidence the SCO gathered from the people who spoke to them wasn’t enough to convict.
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Post by dewryce on May 17, 2019 1:54:54 GMT
Do these rules apply for people seeking asylum as well? I understand the need and desire with visas. But are we expecting people who come to us with little more than the clothes on their back, in order to escape a dangerous situation, to be able to meet this criteria? I need to go find an article. Well, in terms of our country, I would hope not, asylum is an emergency- an immediate need. But our current leader said we are no longer accepting asylum seekers. So that would be a moot point as long as he is there. As far as other countries & thier immigration laws I do not know if they waive the rules for assulum seekers. I’m sure some/many do, others probably not. I thought by some international law we signed (though the UN maybe) we had to accept applications for asylum? I know he’s doing what he can to make it as difficult as possible and circumvent that requirement but I wasn’t aware he was outright violating it. Am I remembering incorrectly?
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Post by hop2 on May 17, 2019 1:55:42 GMT
www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/flynn-told-mueller-people-tied-trump-congress-tried-obstruct-probe-n1006666The voicemail is from one of Trump’s personal lawyers and a quote is included in the above link. I’m including a photo of the actual paperwork, they use “Trump Administration or Congress” instead of “and.” I think it is a matter of how you read it but wanted to be clear. A DC judge had ordered that voicemail and others Flynn might have be turned over by May 31st to be made public, including those with Russian officials. This is where the voicemail was referenced in Mueller’s Report. (Reached space limit...next post) This is how I interpret it. Multiple instances of getting Flynn to shut up. The Trump lawyer was telling Flynn he needs to keep in mind Trump’s support is predicated on Flynn not singing. No obstruction, huh? (Part of that document also reveals the campaign was trying to figure out how to connect with WikiLeaks.) Trump is WAY beyond what Nixon did in the REDACTED report who the hell knows what they are hiding in the unredacted report. All anyone has to do is read the redacted report to know he tried desperatelybto obstruct Justice, multiple times.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 17, 2019 1:57:29 GMT
Newly appointed Louisiana District Judge Wendy Vitter failed to put some information on her 'application'. She was known to be anti-abortion and the Senate approved her with ALL republican Senators except one voting for her.
She however in the missing info... Had written that abortion causes: cancer, HIV and assorted other things.
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Post by lizacreates on May 17, 2019 2:03:24 GMT
lizacreates said That’s how I interpret it as well. As to the Wikileaks info, since Mueller has already seen this I don’t think it was enough to prove conspiracy in a court of law. I base that on reading the report. Not that they didn’t have nefarious intentions, or that they didn’t act completely unethically and irresponsibly, just that the evidence the SCO gathered from the people who spoke to them wasn’t enough to convict. That's very likely the reason. (I expect that little by little those redacted portions will be revealed. Some way, somehow.)
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Post by lizacreates on May 17, 2019 2:12:34 GMT
This is how I interpret it. Multiple instances of getting Flynn to shut up. The Trump lawyer was telling Flynn he needs to keep in mind Trump’s support is predicated on Flynn not singing. No obstruction, huh? (Part of that document also reveals the campaign was trying to figure out how to connect with WikiLeaks.) Trump is WAY beyond what Nixon did in the REDACTED report who the hell knows what they are hiding in the unredacted report. All anyone has to do is read the redacted report to know he tried desperatelybto obstruct Justice, multiple times. No argument from me. I'm frustrated by the fact that the evidence is clear and compelling yet he can't be indicted. 700+ former federal prosecutors, Republicans and Democrats, have said this is a clear case of obstruction.
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Post by lucyg on May 17, 2019 2:38:08 GMT
Newly appointed Louisiana District Judge Wendy Vitter failed to put some information on her 'application'. She was known to be anti-abortion and the Senate approved her with ALL republican Senators except one voting for her. She however in the missing info... Had written that abortion causes: cancer, HIV and assorted other things. I can’t get over the fact that an educated, successful, and supposedly intelligent lawyer would be pushing such utter BS. People are insane.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on May 17, 2019 2:42:18 GMT
Newly appointed Louisiana District Judge Wendy Vitter failed to put some information on her 'application'. She was known to be anti-abortion and the Senate approved her with ALL republican Senators except one voting for her. She however in the missing info... Had written that abortion causes: cancer, HIV and assorted other things. And voted in.
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